Who is Tiffany Haddish? The woman who unofficially won this years' Oscars.

Somehow, this writer hadn’t heard of her before Monday’s 90th Academy Awards. But the moment the show was over, I found myself googling the actress and comedian, and wondering how many other people were frantically doing the same.

I had to know who this wondrous woman was.

2017 was a massive year for Haddish. Thanks to her resilience, talent and one particular breakout performance, the 38-year-old from LA found herself crowned the unofficial winner of this years’ Oscars.

But who is she, and why are The People obsessed with her? Here’s what I found out from a deep-dive into Tiffany Haddish.

From 2014-2016, she held roles in television drama If Loving You Is Wrong and sitcom The Carmichael Show. Haddish also appeared in the 2016 film Keanu with Academy Award-winner Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key.

She is widely regarded as the film’s breakout star, even though she almost lost the part because she wasn’t a ‘big enough name.’ To that, she asked her agent to tell the film’s producers, “I’ve had a name since 1979. Okay? I was born with a name.”

Tiffany Haddish’s upbringing.

When the comedian was nine, her stepfather tampered with the brakes on her mother’s car, hoping to kill his partner and her four children, the publication reports.

Haddish asked to stay home that day and look after her younger siblings, which spared her from the horrible accident that left her mother mentally impaired. As the eldest of five children, she tried to take care of her mother and her family, but eventually Haddish and her siblings were placed in foster care.

Haddish also spent some of her 20s living out of her car in California before her career kicked off. She’s succeeded despite these hardships, something she speaks about and features in her work.

“I just feel like it’s important to share your experience on this earth, because you never know who’s watching, who might be going through the same thing, who might feel devastated,” she told IndieWire in 2017.

“Then you share your story and they’re like, ‘Oh wow, if you can survive that, then I definitely can survive this. If you can still smile about that, well then I don’t know what I’m feeling sad about.'”

Tiffany Haddish at the 2018 Oscars.

And now, for the Haddish moments that stole our hearts at this years’ Oscars.

The beautiful story behind Tiffany’s red carpet dress.

You can listen to Tiffany Haddish’s interview with Ryan Seacreast below. Post continues after video.

Haddish first walked the 2018 Oscars red carpet in a traditional African dress with gold embroidery and a black cape jacket.

It was a beautiful dress, but there was also some personal significance behind Haddish’s choice.

“My father passed away this passed year, he’s from [the North Eastern African country of] Eritrea and he always told me one day you’re going to end up at the Oscars and when you go, you have to honour your people,” she told E News’ Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet.